Prayers

We are holding in our thoughts and prayers: Jane,

Janet, Sara, Peter, Fay, Alice, Naomi, Edna and Jackie.

​​If you would like to be included on the Prayer List, please let Mark, Sarah or Sue know..​

Jesus Christ came to seek lost human beings, and bring them back into a right relationship with God.

But it cost him dearly – his death on the cross. He calls his followers now to journey together with him

‘in the way of the cross’.  That means making sacrifices in the service of God and neighbour,

and finding it, in the words of today’s Collect, to be ‘the way of life and peace’.

Prayers for the People of Ukraine

As we mark the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, a prayer for Ukraine, written by our archbishops at the start of the war;

God of peace and justice, we pray for the people of Ukraine today.
We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons.
We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow,
that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them.
We pray for those with power over war or peace,
for wisdom, discernment and compassion to guide their decisions.
Above all, we pray for all your precious children, at risk and in fear,
that you would hold and protect them.
We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace.
Amen
Archbishop Justin Welby
Archbishop Stephen Cottrell

The Collect
Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than

the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.     Amen

Readings

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Exodus 17: 1-7

John 4: 5-42

Prayers for the Benefice

Each week we join our Baptist friends in praying for a local road or street.

Cassino Road in Watchet

Dovetons Drive in Williton

Pray for God’s blessing on those who live there.

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The Benefice of Watchet and Williton
Sunday 12h March 2023

THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
‘Walking in the way of the cross'

​​​​​​​Today’s Worship and Readings

9:15am                Parish Communion at St Peter’s
10.45am             Parish Communion at St Decuman’s

Next Sunday – 19th March – Lent 4      Mothering Sunday
9:15am                 Parish Communion at St Peter’s
10.45am               Parish Communion at St Decuman’s​

​Dates for the week ahead:
Monday 13th March                  9.45am                    Benefice Morning Prayer at Holy Cross
                                       10.30am – 12.00 Noon       WARM SPACE at Holy Cross – tea, coffee, biscuits, hot soup                      

                                                      12.00-1.30pm         Lent Lunch at Salvation Army Hall, Watchet

Tuesday 14th March                   9.30am                   Little Saints at the Meeting Room, Williton

Wednesday 15th March            10.00am                  Little Saints at the Salvation Army Hall, Watchet

                                                       7.00pm                   The Bible Course continues in The Meeting Room, Williton
Thursday 16th March                10.00am                  CAMEO at St Peter’s

Saturday 18th March                 10.00am                  Flutes rehearse at Holy Cross

                                                       3.00pm                   Campfire Church at St Decuman's